He chews it over as he pushes himself from the wall to take that taste, like a normal thing they would normally do as a normal couple. "Lil more oregano." It's not a play for control, just a play for independence.

He knew that Stark was going to start digging the moment he set foot on the helicarrier and find things he shouldn't. That was planned, after all. One of the many items to fracture the nascent group. Weird how he's cool with the spies from the spy organization full of spy shit he's not down with, but he's a more complicated guy than the papers give him any credit for.

"I don't imagine he put a timer on the offer. He knows it'll depend on whether you're gonna get the clear or not. Might end up being the deciding factor." Then there will be backup plans, or other plans in place to make the offer all the more tempting. "Think you'd be happy?"